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About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Handle Decorated in Relief
Period: Iron II
Material: Bone
Site: Hazor, T.
Lenght: 18.5 cm
Wide: 5.7 cm
Description: Decorated handle for a brush or fan. The handle is divided into several registers, each depicting different motifs. The relief decoration includes grazing horned animals, geometric motifs and drooping leaves.
Bibliography:
Harush O. 2012. Decorated bone, ivory, shell and stone objects. In: A. Ben-Tor, D. Ben-Ami, D. Sandhaus. Hazor VI, The 1990-2009 excavations - The Iron Age. Jerusalem, 564-567, Fig. 13.1: 1.

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Handle Decorated in Relief  
Photographer :Meidad Suchowolski

Handle Decorated in Relief  
Photographer :Meidad Suchowolski





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